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In the 50 years since the Watts Rebellion and given recent social unrest foddered by racial and socio-economic disparities, what has changed in our local…
With park-like panoramic views of downtown Los Angeles, California State University Dominguez Hills was strategically placed in Carson to address racial inequalities in South L.A. communities following the 1965 Watts Rebellion.
The St. Anthony Mobile Home Park was never intended to be a hospitable place for families. Like many unlikely enterprises that have grown as if by miracle in the middle of the Coachella Valley desert, the property that today houses over 100 homes was o...
The film "99 Homes" is the story of single father Dennis Nash (Golden Globe nominee Andrew Garfield) as he is evicted from his home and his only chance to get his home back is to go to work for Rick Carver (Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon), the...
The Long Beach LGBTQ Center focuses their new yoga program on creating a safe, comfortable space for trans and differently-bodied queers and allies.
Flying Doctors, a non-profit comprised of volunteer doctors, provides free healthcare services in Coachella Valley to a community largely lacking year-around healthcare.
Hidden Harvest has rescued over 16 million pounds of produce from Coachella Valley fields and packing houses, averaging over 1 million pounds a year since 2001. Recovering crop waste can be a key to solving hunger in the heart of California's abundant ...
The Mutual Self-Help Housing Program is a nationwide program that helps low-income families purchase homes with labor equity. By building their own homes, residents in the Coachella Valley realize their American Dream.
Roy Choi's anticipated healthy fast food restaurant is the latest in what some are saying is a new "food renaissance" in South L.A. Not only in terms of places to eat, but where to buy it, and how to prepare it. But home grown co-ops and raw vegan rest...
Street vendors rely on informal "micro-economies" to sustain their families while their children endure uncertainty as city officials remain indecisive as to how to legalize street vending.
